A new direction in the collaborative nature has been social bookmarking. The idea is simply the addition of collaboration to an existing scheme. For example, most people use bookmarks to make often-used and preferred sites readily available. Some new web-based applications take this in a collaborative direction. Rather than bookmarking simply for yourself, you can now share your bookmarks with friends and they can share theirs with you. The two biggest social bookmarking sites are Diigoand Del.ici.ous.
Diigo also provides free Diigo Educator accounts. These accounts allow teachers to create student accounts and add them to a class group automatically. In addition, the teacher can determine what the students are allowed to do and have access to. Finally, the accounts are advertising-free.
In addition to social bookmarking, there has also been a move toward social news. The idea is that users read and vote on whether or not others should read an article. So, when you go to a social news site, you can decide what to read based on how popular an article is. The most popular site for social news is Digg.
Sharing photos has also become quite popular. Several services allow users to upload photos to be shared with anyone or only specified users. All of the applications provide almost identical experiences and features. Some photo sharing sites are:
Evaluating, Organizing and Sharing Knowledge
A new direction in the collaborative nature has been social bookmarking. The idea is simply the addition of collaboration to an existing scheme. For example, most people use bookmarks to make often-used and preferred sites readily available. Some new web-based applications take this in a collaborative direction. Rather than bookmarking simply for yourself, you can now share your bookmarks with friends and they can share theirs with you. The two biggest social bookmarking sites are Diigoand Del.ici.ous.
Diigo also provides free Diigo Educator accounts. These accounts allow teachers to create student accounts and add them to a class group automatically. In addition, the teacher can determine what the students are allowed to do and have access to. Finally, the accounts are advertising-free.
In addition to social bookmarking, there has also been a move toward social news. The idea is that users read and vote on whether or not others should read an article. So, when you go to a social news site, you can decide what to read based on how popular an article is. The most popular site for social news is Digg.
Sharing photos has also become quite popular. Several services allow users to upload photos to be shared with anyone or only specified users. All of the applications provide almost identical experiences and features. Some photo sharing sites are:
Flickr
Picasa Web Albums
Shutterfly